See the latest news stories from the Health Board below...

‘I Speak Up’ A powerful message for Gwent this White Ribbon Day 

Domestic abuse affects 1 in 4 people, with the vast majority being women.

Welsh is a language for everyone, and everyone is welcome to use their Cymraeg with us.

We're supporting the Welsh Language Commissioner's Office's'Defnyddia dy Gymraeg' (Use your Welsh) campaign, which runs between 25th November and 9th December 2024 and encourages people to use welsh in their everyday lives.

We are delighted to share that Annie Clothier, Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, has received the RCN Wales Nurse of the Year 2025 award from the Royal College of Nursing.

On Monday, voices from across the Health Board came together in the Main Restaurant at the Royal Gwent Hospital on their lunch break, forming the ABUHB John Lewis choir. Using the custom John Lewis-inspired TikTok filter, our Communications team captured the group’s rendition of Sonnet. Their performance was met with enthusiastic applause from onlookers in the canteen, creating a lovely moment that embodied the spirit of the season.

This year Carers Rights Day takes place on 20^th November and the theme is ‘Know your rights, use your rights.’ This important annual event  recognises and values the incredible contribution of the UK's millions of unpaid carers, many of whom are our colleagues here in ABUHB.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is celebrating after being recognised at the NHS Wales Awards 2025.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s “Your NHS is Full of Pride” campaign has been honoured with a national award at the prestigious CIPR Cymru Awards, celebrating excellence in public relations and communications across Wales.

The long-serving manager at Watkin-Davies Pharmacy in Bettws, Newport, has retired at the age of 91 after an extraordinary 59 years of service to the local community.

It is HIV Testing Awareness Week in Wales, and the Sexual Health team want to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to test for HIV.

With temperatures set to plunge across South Wales this week, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is urging residents to check in on vulnerable members of their community – warning that these simple acts of kindness could save lives.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is encouraging people across Gwent to get tested for HIV as part of HIV Testing Week (17-23 November), highlighting that anyone can get HIV, it doesn’t discriminate. 

On World Prematurity Day, a Gwent Nurse and former premature baby has reflected on the lasting impact of the neonatal experience that led her to become a Neonatal Nurse herself.

The main Castle Gate Medical Practice GP surgery in Monmouth has been flooded and remains closed, as do most high street pharmacies in Monmouth. 

Gwent’s Urgent and Emergency Care doctors are encouraging local residents to think carefully about where they go to for help this winter - and have outlined how choosing the right healthcare service could be crucial to supporting the NHS.

Local parents who were told their premature baby was unlikely to ever walk or talk have shared the remarkable story of their flourishing daughter eight years later – and are now dedicating their lives to helping other families with premature babies.

Lynette Taylor, a Ward Clerk at Nevill Hall Hospital, achieved an incredible health transformation after living with Type 2 Diabetes for over two decades. 

Congratulations to Linda Edmunds, Consultant Nurse at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, who received a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Excellence Award at this year’s CNO Conference in Cardiff.